Places/volunteers Needed

September 21, 1989

PLACES

* "Transition: From Partnership to Personal Autonomy" is a series of eight seminars for separated/divorced men and women. Designed to help individuals cope with dissolving relationships, the group will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Friday, Sept. 22 through Nov. 10, at the Riverside Wellness and Fitness Center in the Denbigh section of Newport News.

Topics to be discussed by professionals will include: emotional, legal, parental, sexual, social, stress, alcohol and drug abuse and communication with estranged spouses.

Class is limited to 25 singles, no couples, and pre-registration is required.

"Just For Kids," a support and educational group for children of separated/divorced parents will also be conducted at the same time. The children, ages 7 and over, will be grouped according to age. Some of the topics include: "Why Do I Feel So Bad," "What Do All Those Legal Words Mean?" and "Do I Have To Like Mom and Dad's New Friends?" Cost for all sessions is $12 for one child, $15 for two children and $18 for three or more children.

To pre-register, call Virginia Spangler, 877-1735.

* The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern Virginia has had a record year, so far, for granting wishes to children with life threatening illness. Christina Gimpel of Hampton celebrated her sixth birthday recently in the comfort of her own backyard pool. Her dream came true when several Hampton Roads businesses and individuals joined together. Thanks go to Polynesian Pools, Addington Beaman Lumber, D.K. Electric and Matt Conklin, a Hampton resident who built the deck to make the pool more easily accessible for Christina.

* The Hampton Republicans/First District will host the state Republican convention at the Hampton Coliseum next May 31 and June 1-2.

Don Moon, chairman of the Republican Party of Hampton, is the First District coordinator for state Sen. Eddy Dalton's campaign for lieutenant governor in the upcoming election. Muriel Wright and Jewel Moon are Hampton coordinators for Marshall Coleman's campaign to be elected governor. Coordinators for the Joe Benedetti campaign for attorney general are Ray Miller, Brian Campbell and William Wornom Jr.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

As the final month of preparations for Williamsburg's An Occasion for the Arts 1989 get under way, additional volunteers are needed to assist with the staging of the Oct. 21 arts festival.

Several opportunities are open to individuals and organized groups willing to work on the weekend of the festival in setting up and striking tents, stages, tables and chairs, as well as artist's display panels.

To support the more than 800 performers, artists and craftsmen, a backstage volunteer crew of over 150 individuals is needed to construct the performance and exhibition backdrops for the artists and musicians. Various organizations including the Boy Scouts, Lions, Jaycees, Lafayette and Walsingham Key Clubs as well as the College of William and Mary Choir and Circle K Club have furnished volunteers through the years. Other organizations including Colonial Williamsburg, The College of William and Mary, the City of Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Amateur Radio Club, also have provided facilities, services, supplies and the use of materials.

Behind the scenes, the crew of carpenters, electricians and grips is supplemented by another support group, over 400 participants in the Purchase Awards and Friends programs who contribute funds to support the Occasion. Many of the Friends also volunteer for activities on the day of the Festival.

An Occasion for the Arts, celebrating it's 21st year, and featuring the work of 100 juried artists and craftsmen as well as a continuous daylong program of performing arts, will be held from 10 a.m. to sundown on Oct. 21 at Merchants Square.

For more information on the volunteer program, or to offer services, call Carolyn Carson at 253-4354.

Voice of the Peninsula, a non-profit radio service for the print handicapped, is seeking volunteer readers for a radio reading service. Items of interest are read from the current printed page of the daily newspapers in this area. If interested, call Bill Swartz, 898-0357 or Mary Stump, 599-6540.